Table of Contents
Prelude 1
Part 1 Creativity Is a Force of Nature
1 It Can Be as Natural as Breathing 9
2 Re-Visioning the Creative Act 13
Part 2 The Best Things Happen
3 A Failure-Proof Starter 23
4 Move … and Pause, Too 28
5 Shifting to Response Mode 39
6 Momentum and Creative Contagion 48
7 Shaping and Moving Things Around 54
8 Aspirations and Desire 60
Part 3 To Witness Rather Than to Judge
9 Witnessing Others and the Self in Action 67
10 Depth Is on the Surface 71
11 Knowing the Judge 74
12 Overthinking 79
13 Dynamics of Witnessing 83
14 Leading 92
15 Interpretation as Witnessing 98
16 Contemplating Physical Things 106
17 Thin Places 110
Part 4 Creating with the Shadow
18 Art Alchemy 119
19 Accepting Angst 126
20 An Engine of Change 131
21 Sanitizing 135
22 Welcoming the Strange 143
Part 5 Resistance Is a Gateway
23 Stalled 151
24 Letting Go and Forgetting 156
25 Feeling Safe 159
26 Using Resistance 165
Part 6 Quality Matters
27 Unique Character 171
28 Skill 180
29 Perfectionism and the Role of Mistakes 189
30 Let Nature Act through You 203
31 Make the Commitment 211
32 Serendipity and Endless Possibilities 229
Notes 233